Kathleen Schwarz, MD
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Kathleen Schwarz, MD, is a pediatrician affiliated with Rady Children’s Hospital and the University of California, San Diego.
Schwarz received her bachelor’s degree in biology from Scripps College, her master’s degree in biology from Northwestern University and her medical degree from Washington University in St. Louis. She then completed her residency in pediatrics and fellowship in pediatric gastroenterology at St. Louis Children’s Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine.
Schwarz went on to serve as chief of pediatric gastroenterology at Saint Louis University, as well as medical director of Johns Hopkins’ Pediatric Liver Center, which she established in 1987.
For family reasons, Schwarz relocated to San Diego, and she now works part-time at Rady Children’s Hospital/UCSD. Schwarz was named one of Baltimore Magazine’s top 25 pediatricians, and she has won teaching awards at both St. Louis University and Johns Hopkins.
Since 2001, she has been one of the Castle Connolly top doctors in America. In 2005, she received the Distinguished Service Award of the North American Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (NASPGHAN). She was the president of this organization and is also a past president of the Federation of International Societies of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (FISPGHAN).
In 2017 she received the NASPGHAN Shwachman Award for major lifelong scientific achievements and contributions to the field of pediatric gastroenterology, hepatology and nutrition. Schwarz also has been designated a U.S. News and World Report “top doctor” and was identified as being in the top 1% of pediatric gastroenterologists in the United States.
Her focus of research is viral infections of the liver — both typical (hepatitis B and C) and atypical (as triggers of biliary atresia and autoimmune liver diseases such as hepatitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis.)